Daily Headlines: August 25, 2008

* Mexico: Congrats to the squad from Matamoros, Mexico who made it all the way to Little League World Series championship game yesterday.

* Venezuela: U.S. drug czar John Walters claimed that “impunity” from Venezuela’s government is allowing more cocaine to be smuggled from there.

* Honduras: Family Minister Selma Ucles resigned as a protest against an upcoming visit of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega who has been accused of sexually abusing his stepdaughter.

* Colombia: Earth to Colombian presidential advisor José Obdulio Gaviria: thousands of displaced people still roam the country.

Image- New York Times (“Jorge Villafranca of Matamoros, Mexico, advancing to third on a wild pitch, ahead of the tag by Roberto Valera of Barquisimeto, Venezuela.”)

Sources- New York Times, The Latin Americanist, IHT, Reuters, Guardian UK